SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court yesterday for fentanyl distribution and illegally possessing firearms.

Darius Burnett, 27, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to a total sentence of 13 years in federal prison without parole…

KANSAS CITY, KANSAS – A federal grand jury in Kansas City, Kansas, returned an indictment charging two brothers with illegal firearms trafficking.

According to court documents, Markeese Fluker, 27, of Independence, Missouri, and Markel Fluker, 29, of Kansas City, Missouri, were indicted…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A Marshall, Mo., man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to drug and gun charges arising out of a May 2025 search warrant, during which two Pettis County deputies were injured.

James Joseph Elsea, 62, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Willie J…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – German Alvarez-Rubio, 28, of Kansas City, Mo., was indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy and distribution of cocaine, methamphetamine, and psilocybin as well as firearms offenses.

Alvarez-Rubio made his first appearance in federal court after his arrest on…

ST. LOUIS – A man from Maplewood, Missouri on Wednesday admitted selling nine machine gun conversion devices to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Tanario Darden, 23, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to two felony counts: transporting prohibited…

A Waterloo man who possessed a firearm while also possessing drugs that he intended to distribute was sentenced today to more than eight years in federal prison.

Darius Caston, age 33, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after an August 28, 2025, guilty plea to one count of…

A Dubuque man who possessed and distributed fentanyl was sentenced today to five years in federal prison.

Justin Jawuan Members, age 28, from Dubuque, Iowa, received the prison term after an August 29, 2025, guilty plea to possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute.…

A convicted domestic abuser who possessed guns illegally was sentenced today to two years in federal prison.

Chad Michael Newell, age 51, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a September 4, 2025, guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a person convicted of domestic…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Liberty, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his involvement in a fentanyl drug conspiracy.

Dakota Thomas Morris, also known as “DMO,” 28, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark to 15 years’ imprisonment without parole. Morris…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for possessing methamphetamine to distribute near a school and illegally possessing a firearm to further his drug distribution.

Ricky Lee Myers, also known as “The Mayor,” 62, was sentenced by U.S. District…

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Zachary M. Bluestone on Thursday sentenced a man to 156 months in prison for neglecting his uncle, a U.S. Army veteran with quadriplegia, for years and concealing his corpse to fraudulently obtain $1.8 million in his uncle’s disability benefits…

Victor Villarreal, 30, from Sioux City, was sentenced today, to more than 3 years in federal prison, after a September 16, 2025, guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a felon.

Evidence in the case revealed on May 3, 2025, Villarreal, the mother of his children, and others went out for…

A man who illegally possessed a firearm was sentenced on January 8, 2026, to 30 months’ imprisonment.

Taxavier Ford, 29, from Alta, Iowa, pled guilty on August 11, 2025, in federal court in Sioux City, to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Ford was previously convicted…

A man who sent multiple threatening text messages to his ex-girlfriend and who possessed an unregistered short-barreled rifle and silencer was sentenced today to five years in federal prison.

Steven Michael Conroy, age 34, from La Motte, Iowa, received the prison term after a June 9, 2025…